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Arabic
Noun
شَيْب • (šayb) m
- (uncountable) grey hair
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:4:قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا- qāla rabbi ʔinnī wahana l-ʕaẓmu minnī waštaʕala r-raʔsu šayban
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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic شَيْب (šayb).
Pronunciation
Noun
شيب • (šīb) m (collective, singulative شيبة f (šība), paucal شيبات (šībāt))
- grey hair